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The Look Back Machine

The Look Back Machine provides a revealing peek back into history with firsthand accounts and research. This documentary-style podcast explores the overlooked, the disregarded, and misremembered tales from Hollywood. In its first series, the podcast explores the epic multi-part journey of Paul Germain and Joe Ansolabehere to their cartoon creation Recess. For bonus material check out: https://www.patreon.com/lookbackmachine https://lookbackmachine.tumblr.com/

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Bonus Ep: Simpsons Shorts from Seward St.

Feb 21, 2018

While Paul Germain was working at Gracie films organizing the voice records of The Simpsons Shorts, three animators and a colorist were busy bringing the characters to life on celluloid. 

This is the behind the scenes story from Bill Kopp, Wes Archer, David Silverman, and Gyorgyi Peluce of how The Simpsons Shorts...

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Bonus Ep: The Hey Arnold Theme Song

Feb 21, 2018

Have you ever wondered how the theme song for Hey Arnold! came to be? Or have you ever wondered is there another version of the song? If you have, then this is the episode for you. Here the behind the scenes story of the jazzy standard featuring an interview with Jim Lang, the composer and the alternate theme from Hey...

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Disney's Recess Ep. 3

Feb 21, 2018

The story of Created by Paul and Joe continues with episode 3. This time Paul is wrapped up in the creation of the most famous and most successful television cartoon in history: The Simpsons (cue heavenly voices from the clouds). 

Go inside the creation and execution of The Simpsons on The Tracy Ullman Show with...

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